Holder for pens, brushes, or the like.



No. 645,487. Patented Mar. l3, I900. A. UGLE.

HOLDER FOR' PENS, BRUSHES, OR THE LIKE. (Application mod Kay. 27, 1 899.:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT OGLE, O-F MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNQR OF ONE-HALF. TO JORDAN D. WILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR PENS, BRUSHES, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFIOATION'forming' part of Letters Patent No. 645,487, dated. March 13, 1900. Application filed November 27,1899. Serial No. 738,556. (No'modeh) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT OGLE, of Mum cie, county of Delaware, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Holder for Pens, Brushes,or the Like; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts.

This invention relates to a holder for writing and drawing pens or pencils, paintin g-brushes, and the like so arranged that it can carry two pens, pencils, or brushes, one being turned aside out of use while the other is in use. WVith this arrangement one pen, pencil, or brush can be used for one kind of ink or color and the other for another kind of ink or color and the holder altered for the use of one or the other in a second.

This invention avoids the necessity of two separate holders for difierent inks or colors; but the pens or brushes for both inks or colors are together and at hand, so that it saves time and labor for a person whose writing requires a change from one ink or color to the other frequently.

The full nature of my invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings I and the description following of one form of device embodying said invention, and the scope of the invention will be understood from the claims following said description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the invention with the holder ready for the use of one pen. Fig. 2 is a plan with the holder ready for the use of the other pen. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line A A of Fig. 1.

In detail, 1 is an ordinary wooden handle, finger-piece, or stem provided at its end with a longitudinal slot extending back for about an inch and in which the holder 2 is pivotally secured by the pin 3. With this arrangement the holder is horizontally oscillatory in the slot in the end of the handle or finger-piece from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the reverse. The

construction should be such that the friction between the holder andthe handle or fingerpiece 1 and the pivot-pin 3 will hold the holder in either position in which it may be placed until the position of the holder is forcibly changed by the finger.

The holder is X-shaped, having the two ends 4 for receiving the pens 5. These ends are curved and formed in a manner heretofore well known in the art. Excepting the two ends 4, the holder 2 is fiat, so as to oscillate in the slot in the handle or finger-piece 1. In order to hold the holder 2 true in said slot, two extensions 6 are also provided, one in line with each of the ends 4. These ends 4, as well as the extensions 6, are all at right angles to each other. The slot in the handle or finger-piece 1 is long enough to admit the extensions 6. On said extensions 6 the stops 7 are provided, that engage the side of the handle or finger-piece when the holder is oscillated therein to stop the holder and hold it in such position that one of the ends 4 and one of the pens 5 will be in accurate alinement with the handle or finger-piece 1 in order that one may write readily with it. The stops 7 are integral with the extensions 6, being preferably lips turned up therefrom, as shown in Fig. 3, to fit nicely against the curved surface of the handle or finger-piece 1. Only one of said stops on each extension is required, as the only function is to limit the movement of the holder.

While I show and describe herein a holder for writing-pens, I do not wish to limit my invention to penholders, but to cover any holder similarly arranged capable of holding pens, brushes, and the like of any form for use in writing,drawing,engraving, sketching, painting, or depicting. The ends 4 are made in any well-known form for receiving the kind of pen or brush desired to be used. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is--= .1. The combination of a suitable fingerpiece or handle having a longitudinal slot at its end, and a double holder for pens, brushes and the like pivotally mounted in said slot.

2. The combination of a suitable fingerpiece or handle having a longitudinal slot at its end, a double holder for pens, brushes and the like pivotally mounted in said slot, and stops for limiting the oscillatory movement of said holder.

3. Thecombination of a suitable fin gerpiece or haiidle having a longitudinalslot in its end, and a holder for pens, brushes and the like pivoted in said slot so as to be horizontally movable, said holder having two pen or brush holding ends at right angles to each other and two extensions in line with such pen or brush holding ends and a stop on each of said extensions for limiting the oscillatory movement of the holder when one of the pen herein named.

I ALBERT OGLE. Witnesses:

H. D. DE WOLF, WILL P. KooNs. 

